
Ayo Akingbade
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This new residency is offered in partnership with the Glasgow-based visual arts organisation The Common Guild and is made possible with support from Mārama Consulting.
Ayo Akingbade is an artist, writer and director. She works predominantly with film and installation to address themes of power, urbanism and stance. Much of Akingbade’s work has documented experiences of rapid social change brought about by gentrification in London, with a particular focus on Hackney, where she was born and raised. Moving between experimental essay films, documentary, and more traditional narrative shorts, her practice is grounded in a commitment to radical storytelling.
Her first major solo institutional exhibition, ‘Show Me The World Mister’, opened at Chisenhale Gallery in 2022 and toured until 2024, venues included Spike Island, Bristol and Whitworth, University of Manchester.